photographs and line drawings throughout
scratching of the nickel-plated elements
a Great War Cross
with the core notably intact and no demonstrating any cracking as is common with period visors
beginning a series of hospital stays
Syria, Republic. An Order of Civil Merit of the Syrian Arab Republic, II. Class Commander, Type II, c.1970 Buy Now photographs and line drawings throughout(Ordre du Mrite Civil). Instituted on April 10th, 1926. (Type II 1953 onwards issue). Constructed of gilded silver, consisting of a five pointed outward pointing arrow cross with white enameled arrow arms, with green enamels in the spaces between the arrows and with gilded arabesques in the quadrants between the arrows, the reverse with writing in Arabic characters, unmarked, missing its ribbon, measuring 57. 1 mm (l) x 69. 5 mm (w), weighing 51. 15